Putin further rips Hillary, says that she is guided by EMOTIONS. (Updated)

[Barack_America]

At one point, the focus of the news conference shifted to the U.S. presidential election when a Russian reporter asked Putin to respond to a remark by Hillary Clinton questioning whether the Russian leader, as a former KGB officer, has a soul.

"The minimum a statesperson should have is a head," he said. His remark was met with laughter. "To build on interstate relations it is necessary to be guided by the fundamental interest of your own country, not by emotions. "

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/02/14/putin.conference/


And, for the record, here is Hillary's initial comment:

"This is the president that looked in the soul of Putin, and I could have told him, he was a KGB agent," Clinton said. "By definition he doesn't have a soul. I mean, this is a waste of time, right? This is nonsense, but this is the world we're living in right now."

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=4095212


I highly doubt that it is a good idea to be insulting superpowers before you even take office. There are just some things that you should never say publicly. She's always looking for a fight, I guess. :eyes:

ETA:

Putin is an ass, and likely does not have a soul. This is true. But this is never something you announce publicly. Hillary hurled a personal insult at Putin, a political gaffe. Putin countered and announces to the world that Hillary is not to be taken seriously as a foreign leader because she makes comments based on emotion, rather than policy.

He slammed Hillary for the whole world to hear, and she provoked it.

Do you now understand why she should not have insulted him personally? Jesus people, wars have been started for less than this. You keep your personal feelings to yourself, grit your teeth and shake the man's hand for the good of your country. You don't insult power. It's called diplomacy, and it's not about making better friends with those you already like.

[goldcanyonaz]

1. Wow, now you're in love with Putin. Sick.

[Indenturedebtor]

2. Bleh both comments disgust me

I thought I heard McCain saying that awhile back? Was it really HRC that said that? Talk about blunder...

But bleh I hope they both go away. No surprises there from Putin. He's possibly one of the worlds' biggest assbags. Russia's answer to Bush but with a brain.

[Barack_America]

5. Putin is going away, but his hand-picked successor is not.

Putin will still be running Russia and it was beyond stupid to throw a petty, worthless, personal insult at him.

That is not how you conduct effective foreign relations. Another perfect example of her divisiveness.

[rodeodance]

102. Tells me that when Hill is president she won't be looking into leader's souls to make

policy decisions!

[Barack_America]

3. Nope. Just don't like the idea of provoking our enemies.

You know the saying about how close you should keep them.

It's fine to insult their policies, but to blurt out a personal insult to the leader of a superpower? Bad, bad idea unless you're looking for a fight.

[L0oniX]

23. Agreed. It reminds me of the "bring it on" remark by the chimpster.

[rodeodance]

73. oh yeah--fits right on up threre. NOT---but you knew that didn't you!

[mkultra]

6. please read

The articles points to the retardation of Putin.
Doesnt matter anyway, i dont think hes a superdelegate.

[rodeodance]

82. chuckle

[LoZoccolo]

27. Lame. n/t

[LostinVA]

4. Putin's a bad guy -- you know that, right?

And, she was making fun of Bush's comment on Putin.

[Armstead]

9. If she was making fun of Bush, she did it in a clumsy and destructive way

Like it or not, we're going to have to co-exist and even work with Russia.

Saying its' leader has no soul is not the way to start out diplomacy.

[Barack_America]

13. So poke the bad, POWERFUL guy with a stick?

If that's how she's going to run her foreign relations, then I'm moving to Canada before she starts so many useless wars that we all get drafted.

Yes, he's bad, but you cannot deny his power and influence. With those who have power and influence, you grit your teeth, shake their hands and keep your personal feelings to yourself. That is called diplomacy.

It doesn't matter how you feel about him, it only matters how he can affect the people you represent. And if you don't think that Putin has enough power to significantly affect this country, you need to do some more reading.

[Straight Shooter]

7. I'll defend Putin when I don't have a soul.

He's an evil MF'er. But he does have charisma.

[mkultra]

31. return fire

[Hoof Hearted]

8. And I was so totally, like, hoping he would take her to the prom!

Jesus Christ on a pogo stick people! Do you have ANY idea how stupid this makes you look?

No. I didn't think so.

[goldcanyonaz]

10. Maybe the Obama supporters think he is a Super Delegate...

:rofl:

[rodeodance]

76. maybe Obama threw his some $$. He is4:1 when it comes to sending cash to delegates.

[Barack_America]

94. Are you talking about Darrell Jackson and the $200,000 he got for his endorsement?

Oh wait, it was Hillary who paid him.

http://blogs.thestate.com/bradwarthensblog/2007/02/hillary_shows_d.html

[rodeodance]

114. i do not recall the name--saw the post last night. Obama is 4:1 ahead in giving $$ to deles.

[Barack_America]

20. So you think that is a good idea to throw personal insults at foreign leaders.

Yeah, that's going to help our image around the world...

I find it interesting that so many around here have no idea how delicately foreign relations must be handled. One slip of the tongue, such as this, can undo decades of diplomacy.

But neverthemind, Hillary should feel free to insult everyone she doesn't like.

[rodeodance]

78. Do you thinks it is a good idea for a foreign leader to make sexist comments about our presidental

candidates?

[Barack_America]

85. Would he have made that comment...

...if she hadn't personally insulted him first?

No. That's why it was ill-advised to hit below the belt first.

[rodeodance]

91. I can't read his mind and either can you. You are speculating to make a point.

[sniffa]

108. I'd hold back on saying other DUers look stupid if I were you

[Binka]

149. No Fucking Shit

[Thrill]

11. McCain can't wait to use this against her

"How can she say she will have a better diplomacy when she's saying world leaders have no soul" Ouch.

Can you say President McCain?

[tigereye]

19. McCain said we would be in Iraq for the next 100 years...

fwiw....


* has said much worse things- Putin has been his best pal despite Putin's anti-Democratic ways...

[MonkeyFunk]

30. You think McCain's gonna run

on Putin's endorsement?

I hope he does, but even McCain's not that dumb.

[Egnever]

12. Putin bashing hillary just doesn't do it for me.

Her statement was fairly bushlike though. I am not surprised they asked him about it,

[asjr]

14. Good grief! Sounds as if we are going

to slap Hillary away from the table for farting.

[BeyondGeography]

15. She's ready to offend before Day 1

"By definition he doesn't have a soul."

[ElsewheresDaughter]

16. you sorely need to step away from your computer and go do some meditating or get some air

[Barack_America]

22. self-delete.

self-delete.

[Yael]

17. Divisive to the party, divisive to the nation, divisive to the world

How could we go wrong?

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

144. Are You Actually This Idiotic Or Do You Just Like To Say Idiotic Things?

[Yael]

146. You are right -- she isn't divisive, she is a uniter

:rofl:

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

147. Thanks For Answering The Question. I Was Hoping It Would Be The Latter, But Oh Well.

:hi:

[Tarc]

18. Obamanaics pander to Czar Vlad now, just because Clinton criticizes him?

The OP is, unsurprisingly, pretty fucking ridiculous here. There is nothing at all good or noble about Putin, and anyone who calls him out for what he true colors really are should be commended.

[weezy2736]

33. Not so much that, I think they just question if America wants a leader who calls leaders

"soulless." That's a step above Axis of Evil, really, going into a place that I don't want to go. Yes, Putin is bad, but I learned a long time ago not to call my enemies name. It seems unnecessarily provocative, especially to the country with as many nuclear weapons as Russia has.

[Barack_America]

46. Thank you for understanding.

This is not about glorifying Putin's remarks.

It's about Hillary foolishly setting herself up for smackdown by one of the world's most powerful men.

[aquarius dawning]

21. As ususal, she's damned if she does and damned if she doesn't

If she shows emotion, she's labile/unstable. If she doesn't, she's a cold heartless witch (with capital B). Our relationship with Putin has deteriorated such that I wouldn't believe him if he told me today is Friday anyways. Advice from him is like a gift horse from a Greek.

[BeyondGeography]

24. "By definition he doesn't have a soul."

Help me out here, do Presidents talk like that?

[Barack_America]

26. A foreign leader hurling a personal insult at another foreign leader is always "damned if you do"

Unless of course, you're trying to put a screeching halt on all diplomacy or start a war.

Insulting policies is fair game. But throwing out personal insults is just plain stupid.

[Tarc]

38. Careful, your hypocrisy is showing

[Barack_America]

39. Lol. When have I publicly insulted a foreign leader? Do tell. n/t

[Tarc]

43. Duh, its not about YOU specifically, brainiac

Obama was pretty reckless with his mouth when he said he's bomb Pakistan without their consent or advisement in an attemmt to nab Osama.

Really no different than what you're having a childish hissy-fit over here. One (your candidate) can shoot his mouth off with impunity regarding foreign powers, while the other (your candidate's opponent) cannot.

Hypocrisy defined.

[Barack_America]

45. Nope. That was a critique of policy, which is a HUGE difference.

Policy is fair game. Personal insults are not.

Hillary could have elaborated on the wrong that Putin had done to his country, but to call the man, personally, "soulless" was over the line and foolish.

[Tarc]

47. It is the same thing, even if you are unable to comprehend it

The thought of an Obama administration supported by this kind of juvenile naivety is getting to be a bit disturbing.

[Barack_America]

50. Sorry, but it's not. I'm sorry that you can't understand that.

A policy attack is simply not the same as a personal attack.

There's really no disputing it. And you know it. We've been over this countless times in this election alone.

[Tarc]

62. It wasn't a policy attack

Keep swinging and missing, kid

[rodeodance]

99. It was more of a dig against Bush if you look at it. --but OP has made it as a personal attack. geec

[Barack_America]

115. Questioning whether or not one has a soul is about as personal as you can get. n/t

[rodeodance]

126. well, gee maybe she shoulda stuck with heart?--No, gues not -since it was Bush she was attacking!-

and his silly comment!!

I will speculate that got lots of laughs around the world!-

[Tarc]

120. Indeed, this is the track record of this OP across the board, unfortunately

The context of the report was completely ignored, in which Clinton was asked to respond to Bush's insipid "I looked into his soul" from a ways back. Eve McCain can be right once in awhile, and his "I looked into his eyes and saw three letters: a K, a G and a B" was spot-on and pretty funny.

Clinton's comment was no different than that, and no worse. And what some tend to forget is that by the time the next prsident is in office here, Putin will be out the door anyways, so this is truly much ado about nothing, and the OP should be and has been soundly rebuked for this idiotic attempt to turn this into a partisan attack on Clinton.

[TexasObserver]

25. Hillary's comment about Putin was ill advised, but Putin is Bush on steroids, and then some.

Putin was and is KGB. He kills without mercy journalists, business people, and people who speak out against him. About this, Hillary is correct. He doesn't have a soul.

Using Putin's comments about Hillary on this board for any purpose is of dubious advisability.

In short, fuck that outrageous little prick of a soulless dictator, and let's not speak of him again in this nomination process, as it demeans the dialog, and that's saying something.

I think Obama would advise us to run, not walk, away from discussing Putin's comments about Hillary. What good can come for Obama by spotlighting this incident? None that I can determine. We have an endless pile of really good things to attack the Clintonistas. This ain't one of them, and I say that with no disrespect to the author of the thread, who seems to be a good person.

[Adelante]

41. You are right, TexasObserver

This nothing to crow over.

[Barack_America]

44. I think it highlights a lack of diplomatic savvy on her part.

Why the hell would you poke your enemies with a stick?

I'm not glorifying Putin's comment. I'm pointing out that Hillary set herself up for a smackdown by one of the most powerful men on the planet. That's not an intelligent thing to do.

[TexasObserver]

53. Yes, it was ill advised on Hillary's part. She was trying to sound tough.

I don't disagree with your assessment in that regard. It's not an argument I would make, however, because it has no upside for Obama. She's so vulnerable on so many issues, and they're better issues for our lines of attack, IMHO.

I understand your concerns, and it is a valid criticism of Hillary. She's a big talker, and likes to act tough, not unlike that little weasel in the White House now.

I'm not interested in derailing your thread, and I know you have O's best interests at heart. I gave my thoughts, and no since belaboring them. You do a lot of good here, so that shouldn't pass without my acknowledging it.

[Barack_America]

59. For me, this is one of those issues where I posted not as an Obama supporter...

...But as a citizen who is increasingly concerned about the possibility of this person being our "leader" (despite who her competition is).

I would figure that "don't personally insult other leaders" would be a part of diplomacy 101. You would figure that she picked up at least that in her "8 years of experience" in the WH as first lady.

I think that this was one of those rare incidents where her personal feelings really shone through. And the result was not good.

But don't worry, my other 2 posts of the day will be fluffy "Yea Obama!" pieces ;)

I just couldn't let this gaffe go.

[TexasObserver]

65. You're right, of course, about the inadvisability of her boorish manner.

Like she says, (her) talk is cheap!

[OzarkDem]

136. I liked that remark

it was spot on. No pimping for the KGB for Hillary.

If a man had said it....

[bigtree]

28. Putin love

how quaint

[Barack_America]

48. Sorry, you'll not find love for that man in me.

But I would never personally insult him and set myself to be smack-downed for the entire world to see.

I'm smarter than that and I thought she was too.

[bigtree]

56. I think this is being overblown, and that it's unnecessary to draw the least bit of attention to it.

Putin will do what's in his interest, regardless. The United State will do what is in our own interest. The mutual interest, which will not change, is normalization of relations. That base relationship will not be significantly affected by words back and forth across borders between these two. There's too much at stake in maintaining that stance, for both nations.

[rodeodance]

68. but I see a lot of Hillary hate in your posts. Try posting something positive about your canditate

instead of conjured up hate!

[Barack_America]

74. Hillary could be our President.

And she made a serious diplomatic error here.

Some things go beyond my support for Obama over Hillary.

Even if I were a Hillary supporter, this incident would have me disappointed.

[rodeodance]

79. I doubt it. Your too freq posts tell me otherwise.

[MonkeyFunk]

29. Good!

Insults from Putin can only help her.

[jefferson_dem]

34. Uh huh.

Keep telling yourself that.

People have had enough of so-called leaders who only serve to alienate us from the rest of the world. Time to repair our global image. This doesn't help Hillary make the case that she's the one to do it.

[Maddy McCall]

98. LOL

[Maddy McCall]

32. Ex KGB, Old-school soviet ideas. Misogynist.

This is not surprising.

[bridgit]

35. no doubt about it...

:(

[LostinVA]

37. Dude, but he's like sooo right!

Hope and Change will bring him around.

[crawfish]

36. I'd have to agree with Clinton on this one

[calico1]

40. Putin?

Is this the same Putin who was vacationing on the Black Sea and didn't cut it short when some of his countrymen were trapped in a submarine? The same one who was too proud to call for help until it was too late and they all drowned? Same guy???

Hillary isn't perfect but it will be a cold day in Hell when I respect anything Putin has to say.

[Barack_America]

42. He's evil. But you don't personally insult those with power...n/t

[jasmine621]

52. No matter what Hillary says or does you folks will always be against her.

If she wanted to make nice with Putin, you would be saying she is a weakling, but if it were Obama you would say he is a uniter. If Obama had made these same remarks, you would be saying, "he is a true leader and unafraid of the Putin." Nothing Hillary does will ever satisfy you folks. Even if she dropped out of the race now you would be saying that she destroyed the Democratic party and left a mess for Obama, ensuring that his failures would be attributed to the Clintons.

[yardwork]

58. Republican presidents and congress critters do it all the time - and people love it.

[Barack_America]

69. To put it bluntly...they don't have nukes.

They don't have nuclear materials that we have been trying desperately to keep out of the hands of more dangerous nations.

[rodeodance]

105. oh yeah--that comment will lead them to nuke us!!--jumping the shark much?

[Barack_America]

113. Don't overdramatize what I said.

They will not nuke us. But will they (and have they) sold nuclear materials to our enemies? Yes. Have we been trying desperately to stop this with diplomacy? Yes. Could remarks like this jeopardize that diplomacy? Yes.

More thinking, less reacting.

[rodeodance]

123. POT MEET KETTLE---you are no one to talk about overdramizing anything--look at your op.

Don't overdramatize what I said.
Posted by Kristi1696


They will not nuke us. But will they (and have they) sold nuclear materials to our enemies? Yes. Have we been trying desperately to stop this with diplomacy? Yes. Could remarks like this jeopardize that diplomacy? Yes.

More thinking, less reacting.

[Reterr]

142. Oh the irony.....eom

[msongs]

49. maybe vladimir and obama can read scriptures together nt

[Rock_Garden]

51. She'll be disputin' with Putin when she's Prez.

[Barack_America]

61. No she won't. His hand-picked successor is replacing him. n/t

[Rock_Garden]

124. You're right. She'll be disputin' with his sock puppet.

[AlertLurker]

54. Jeez, how original: A man telling a woman she is too emotional.

:eyes:

[yardwork]

55. Sexist crap from a dictator. Are we surprised?

[yardwork]

57. Re: "Hurling insults at foreign powers." When Reagan did it, people cheered.

Male politician hurling insults at foreign leaders = Strong Leadership.
Female politician hurling insults at foreign leaders - Too Emotional.

I'd be ashamed to continue this argument. How transparent can you be?

[Barack_America]

66. We were technically at war with them then = Big difference.

There was no diplomacy between our nations then, so the leaders were free to say what they wanted.

That's not the case now, so you keep your opinions to yourself, less you undo years worth of diplomacy.

[rodeodance]

122. Well recall that Reagan is the Savior to the Repugs, and now Obama is the savor to

the Obama folks

Saviors are heros

[rodeodance]

60. HA HA_-now you use Putin to make a case for Slamming Hillary-- HA HA

[Barack_America]

63. Nope. Just pointing out that it's a bad idea to provoke foreign leaders...

...with personal insults. He smacked her down in front of the world and she asked for it.

That's not a smart thing to do.

You're free to feel however you want about foreign leaders, but you keep those opinions to yourself.

[rodeodance]

87. I see your OP as a conjured up outrage against Hillary.

Nope. Just pointing out that it's a bad idea to provoke foreign leaders...
Posted by Kristi1696


...with personal insults. He smacked her down in front of the world and she asked for it.

That's not a smart thing to do.

You're free to feel however you want about foreign leaders, but you keep those opinions to yourself.

[Maddy McCall]

93. Say that all you want. Your opportunism this time is scorn-worthy.

Pathetic. I'd be embarrassed if I were you, for DEFENDING this KGB bastard.

[juajen]

151. Some Hillary haters have no shame.

They will say or do anything to diminish her, never realizing they diminish the Democratic Party as well.

[nam78_two]

64. Putin is sexist? Color me unsurprised-wouldn't expect much more from him

Did he find Bush "emotional" when he looked into his soul and saw a beautiful rose or whatever?

[Barack_America]

67. It's not about Putin.

It's about whether it is advisable to personally insult foreign leaders. Particularly if your country is currently engaged in diplomatic efforts with them.

[rodeodance]

70. Putin hit a Hillary on the 'emotion' comment-sexist comment and you know it and you hit on

Hillary.

[Barack_America]

81. Absolutely he did. He's trying to discredit her as a leader because she's a woman.

And she brought that on herself by attacking him first. He's a sexist asshole for sure, but he never would have made these remarks if he weren't retaliating to her own remarks. She took it personal, so he returned the favor. They both hit below the belt.

That's why her initial comment has me so pissed off. You simply do not set yourself up for this sort of thing. It is irresponsible behavior on the part of someone who could soon be leading this nation.

(I know where you're going to go with this and the "blaming the victim" thing. But don't. Hillary did make the first move here, there's no disputing that.)

[rodeodance]

95. I see her comment as a dig against Bush.

[Maddy McCall]

96. Keep digging. Fact is, your defending a KGB asshole.

Lovely. At DU, no less.

[nam78_two]

77. A jibe of this nature is not unprecedented among political leaders

They do it all the time-it doesn't usually lead to international incidents. (However, I do highly doubt that Putin would call the remark "emotional"/"hysterical" etc. if it came from a man.)

[Maddy McCall]

88. So you're denouncing Putin's insult of Hillary.

That's what this thread is all about, right?

Because if you're denouncing Hillary and taking Putin's side in this, that's simply deplorable.

[Barack_America]

109. Of course I denounce what he said about her.

I have no love for that man or anything he stands for.

However, I also denounce Hillary publicly and personally insulting the leader of a nation who has the power and influence to make things difficult for our country.

Her remark was ill-advised. That is the point of this.

[Maddy McCall]

111. Her remark was spot-on.

[LostinVA]

130. The only denouncing I see is of Hillary

Not of PutinStalin's sexist comment.

[Maddy McCall]

137. Don't you love how she changed the rules midway through the game...

when it became apparent that even Obama fans were stearing clear of approving what Putin said?

It then became, "But she almost started a war!"

:eyes:

[LostinVA]

72. Tell me about it

A genocidal, sexist, ex-KGBer dictator, who can't accept Russia is no longer a Superpower.

[nam78_two]

80. Putin definitely has an exceptionally poor human rights record

There will never be any justice for Anna Politkovskaya :-/-now there was someone our media could learn from.

[LostinVA]

83. Exactly

And, I'm betting most people reading this name will have to Google it to see who she is. Telling.

[Barack_America]

84. Not me.

I know who she is. Or was, I guess I should unfortunately say.

[nam78_two]

86. It was really tragic-Anna Politkovskaya was a very fine person

I respected what she was doing so much.
Politkovskaya, Litvinenko...yeah people who cross Putin don't really seem to fare very well....

For anyone unfamiliar with the story, this is a fairly good WaPo editorial:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/07/AR2006100700718.html

"the climate of brutality that has flourished under Mr. Putin"
Yep..

[rug]

71. *****BREAKING*****PUTIN ENDORSES OBAMA*****

[rodeodance]

129. hey--that Endorsement deserves it own thread!

[BlackVelvet04]

75. Yeah, I really care what Putin thinks. n/t

[Enrique]

89. I heard Putin cried when he heard her remarks

he's very sensitive. :cry:

[rodeodance]

131. WERE they REAL?? Was the scene staged?

[Maddy McCall]

90. Comment regarding your edit: Russia is a superpower?

Hardly.

Your defense of this man is disgusting.

[Barack_America]

97. Does Russia have nuclear weapons and nuclear materials...

...that we are trying desperately to keep out of the hands of nations like Iran?

I'm not defending Putin. I'm questioning the intelligence of personally insulting foreign leaders.

There's a big difference there.

[Maddy McCall]

101. Is that how you define "superpower?" Then you consider...

North Korea, Pakistan, India, Israel, and so forth "superpowers" too?

No, Russia is no longer a superpower.

[Barack_America]

104. That's how I define "really fucking dangerous".

That's how I define "country you shouldn't be pissing off".

The nomenclature of "superpower" is meaningless. But if you'd like to dwell on technicalities, feel free.

[Maddy McCall]

106. You actually think that this exchange could put US and Russia on the brink of nuclear war?

Ahahahahaha!

With every post, you become more amusing.

[Barack_America]

121. Nope. But could it encourage more nuclear materials to be place in the hands...

of our enemies? Absolutely. Where do you think Pakistan, for example, received much of its nuclear material?

[Maddy McCall]

125. It;'s not even a ripple on the pond of geopolitics.

You're just making a mountain out of a molehill because someone insulted Hillary.

If Beelzebub himself rose from hell and called Hillary a bobblehead, you'd post a thread and defend the dark one.

:eyes:

[LostinVA]

133. Yup, and that's what makes Putin even more bonkers

He wants to be a Cold War Soviet leader... and instead, he's the dictator of a much-marginalized (on the world scene) Russia.

Russia is not a Superpower.

[Radical Activist]

92. Hillary actually said Putin doesn't have a soul?

And she thinks Obama is the inexperienced one? That was just idiotic.

[Barack_America]

103. Apparently it doesn't matter because Putin is a sexist asshole.

Which is true, of course. So she's allowed to insult him all she wants, even if it means destroying our diplomacy with Russia.

That's what I have learned from this thread thus far. It's been very enlightening.

[rodeodance]

110. SEEMS to me Hill was dissing Bush for his comment huh?

[Barack_America]

117. That's not how it came out.

That's not how Putin took it.

When you represent a country you have to be very careful in how you select your words. With this, Hillary has shown us that she leaves something to be desired in that department.

[rodeodance]

119. so will he sign on as a Obama surrogate now??

[BigDDem]

100. Great! He can go on tour with

Oprah, Gale and Maria Shriver.

[Maddy McCall]

107. LOL.

[rodeodance]

118. BRING HIM ON BOARD AS AN OBAMA SURROGATE--

[LostinVA]

135. You made me laugh

[0007]

112. Reminds me of a horse joke.

One day a guy walks into a bar. The bartender says "if you can make that horse over there laugh you can have free drinks for the rest of the night".

So he says "ok" and walks over to the horse and whispers something in his ear and he starts laughing and the bartender gives him free drinks for the rest of the night.

The next night the same guy comes back in and the bartender says "if you can make that horse over there cry i will give you free drinks for the rest of the night.

So he walks over there and does something and the horse starts crying, and the bartender gives him free drinks. Then the bartender asks what the man did to make the horse laugh and what he did to make him cry.

The man says "To make him laugh I told him I had a bigger dick than he does and to make him cry I showed him".

[rodeodance]

134. Ha ha--great one!

[jackson_dem]

116. Putin prefers Obama because Obama is weaker than Hillary

Let's not be played by Putin.

[Barack_America]

127. Clinton's Politics of Soul Is Bad Taste

I should leave this up to the experts. There's a reason I'm not a writer, after all.

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2008/02/04/007.html

[rodeodance]

138. Its your last post cause you LOST your argument . Nothing there to start with.

[rodeodance]

140. Just another Hillary hate hit piece. --one good thing--a wast of a post

[Rosa Luxemburg]

128. are we in for another Cold War?

[Reterr]

145. YES WE ARE....OMG

OH OBAMA -SAVE ME.....

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

132. So You're Defending The Statements Of This Misogynist Asshole? What A Disgrace.

He makes these totally sexist and bullshit remarks, and you're putting the blame on her? Grow the fuck up and get a damn clue.

[LostinVA]

139. "He slammed her for all the world to hear"

Like most of the thinking world and/or our allies have any love or respect for this guy.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

143. The Viewpoint Expressed Was Beyond Asinine.

And I'm a bit in awe that such a blatantly sexist comment could be said by someone who is a piece of shit as much as Putin, and yet the OP uses it to slam Hillary, instead of dismissing it for the misogynistic bullshit it was. What's even more surprising is how many will rush to jump in line to agree, just out of political stupidity due to their choice of candidate, instead of using their actual brains to do some critical thinking and realize that the OP is pathetic, Putin is pathetic, his comments were pathetic, and that Hillary was just making an innocent lighthearted joke.

How the fuck do we have DU'ers that would condone these statements and sentiments of the OP? It's fucking embarrassing.

Shame on the OP, and shame on those going rah rah about it. There seems to be a new level of stupidity here reached every damn day.

[Reterr]

141. LOl-you guys are really reaching now

A) It was a joke FFS.
B) No it isn't going to start the next cold war. Yeah I am not going to give you a wiki link or a link within a link within a link or a link to Hillary's website to back that up. I will rely on common sense here-it was a trivial remark and Putin is a creep but even he is not enough of an ass to start a war over it or make major foreign policy decisions based on it. And I think even most Obama supporters know that.

Seriously, some of you should stick to posts about how he walks on water. When you go negative you actually manage to come up with crazier stuff than you do when you are going "HE IS RFKJFLMLKGOD" ," NOBODY KNEW HOW TO MAKE A SPEECH TILL OBAMA BURST ON THE SCENE"...It would actually be less absurd.

[Occam Bandage]

148. Putin is a tyrant. Hillary is an idiot for provoking him without cause.

[elixir]

150. Obama contributes the most to superdelegates campaigns, courting their vote

Obama: $695,000
Clinton: $200,000